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Council raises scooter issues, agrees to study

Members of the Des Moines City Council made it clear at an informal workshop this morning that they want to be directly involved in the ramp-up to a decision on whether the city — most …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The awkward but essential art of office chitchat

“Every day around the world, an estimated three billion people go to work and 2.9 billion of them avoid making small talk with their co-workers once they get there,” Lindsay Mannering writes in a New York …

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Sept. 26: Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government 2019

Host: IowaWatch
About: Join us for Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government as we celebrate the role open government and an independent news media play in our democracy. Our guest speaker is Washington Post …

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The story behind the restoration of ‘Apollo and Venus’

Remember that big story about how Robert Warren over at Hoyt Sherman Place found Otto van Veen’s valuable “Apollo and Venus” painting while he was looking for Civil War flags in a little-used storeroom beneath …

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NOTEBOOK: Words of wisdom from DMACC Small Business Award winners

Representatives of six companies took the stage at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny Sept. 10 to accept various Small Business Awards from Des Moines Area Community College. (The Business Record was one of the …

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NAWBO honors three women with annual awards

The National Association of Women Business Owners has named three women for its annual awards. Bobbi Segura, regional manager of Women Lead Change, was named the Iowa Advocate of the Year. Christy Jones, owner of R Jones …

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ABI names Leadership Iowa class

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has named 40 members to its latest Leadership Iowa class. Sessions will help the class learn about issues in the state over eight months. The program incorporates subject-matter experts, interactive …

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$150,000 donation used to upgrade Des Moines park

The Wells Fargo Foundation has donated $150,000 to upgrade Whitmer Park at 526 Lyon St. On Friday, during Wells Fargo’s annual day of service, dozens of employee volunteers are expected to install a new playground …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: We don’t like exclamation points, ‘impact’ as a verb

Our new best friends at Fast Company wrote about the overuse of exclamation points, and they aren’t kidding!!!!!!! We have discussed this in our newsroom!!!! Some of you news release writers love exclamation points to an unnerving …

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Variety awards $1.8 million in grants

Variety — the Children’s Charity has awarded $1.8 million in grants to 59 Iowa children’s charities. The grants include the first of five installments in a $1 million, five-year grant for ChildServe, which is raising $10 million …